Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler acknowledged in an ESPN interview Thursday that he and Bulls teammate Derrick Rose don’t spend much time together off the court but again dismissed concerns about strife between them as "nonsense," similar to comments he has made in other recent interviews. Butler also told Cari Champion on her "Be Honest" podcast in Los Angeles that he needs to take a bigger role as a team leader and that he never considered leaving Chicago. But perhaps most telling, he revealed that he keeps five friends on his payroll, though he doesn't consider them an entourage. Champion: What's your relationship with other players? Do you see yourself being...

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Jimmy Butler acknowledged in an ESPN interview Thursday that he and Bulls teammate Derrick Rose don’t spend much time together off the court but again dismissed concerns about strife between them as "nonsense," similar to comments he has...

Doug McDermott almost certainly would be playing in the Las Vegas summer league even if his rookie season went smoothly.
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Jimmy Butler got his presser Thursday for his new $90-something million contract, and general manager Gar Forman said the Bulls are pretty much done.
Yes, the Bulls are done, not for the regular season, but the playoffs if you’re talking...

Outside the United Center on Thursday, the Bulls displayed electronic signage for Jimmy Butler, who signed a five-year deal that would be worth upward of $92 million if he exercises a fifth-year player option.
Inside the United Center, construction crews...

Jimmy Butler wakes up most every day around 5:30 a.m. and is typically in the gym for the first of two or three daily workouts 30 minutes later.
"He's not taking a lot of time off," his agent, Happy Walters, said in a rare interview.
The Bulls...

Shortly after the Bulls eliminated the pesky Bucks in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series, Joakim Noah reclined in his locker stall at Milwaukee's Bradley Center and exhaled.
"That team is good," Noah said. "They compete really...

General manager Gar Forman didn’t joke when he said the Bulls’ improvement must come from within next season.
Receiving an oral commitment from their third incumbent, the Bulls will bring back reserve guard Aaron Brooks on a one-year deal, a source said....

Jimmy Butler can sign a contract that makes him rich enough to buy his hometown of Tomball, Texas.
Butler can impress his Hollywood buddies with the newly agreed to five-year, $95 million max deal that means the Bulls guard can afford his own...

In his first postseason public comments regarding his relationship with Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler said both players want to win and he respects his Bulls' backcourt mate.
"I don't think we have any issues. I think we're fine," Butler told...

Jimmy Butler got a big deal Wednesday, one potentially worth $95 million.
But yet this doesn’t feel like a big deal. Nothing this offseason feels like a big deal. Nothing that screams franchise-changing, anyway.
Maybe this is part of the Blackhawks’...

Jimmy Butler’s bet on himself could be worth roughly $50 million.
On an efficient first full day of NBA free agency, the Bulls moved quickly Wednesday to retain two starters, receiving verbal commitments from Butler and Mike Dunleavy.
Butler agreed to a...

After originally expressing hesitation over signing the Bulls' five-year, roughly $90 million maximum offer, Jimmy Butler is finding the option more appealing with a player option for the final season, sources said.
NBA free agency began at 11:01 p.m....

Monday brought the introduction of first-round pick Bobby Portis and news that Kirk Hinrich exercised his $2.85 million player option for 2015-16, meaning 40 percent of the Bulls' offseason moves are complete.
The rest of the to-do list involves...

Kirk Hinrich will return to the Bulls for Fred Hoiberg's first season.
Hinrich, who will enter his 13th NBA season, picked up his $2.85 million player option Monday morning, according to his agent, Jeff Austin. RealGM.com first reported Hinrich's...

The Bulls won 62.2 percent of their regular-season games when Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler played together, going 28-17. Both players averaged over 20 points in the NBA playoffs.
A funky, season-ending loss to the Cavaliers in which Rose played a...

Despite signs indicating Jimmy Butler may seek a shorter-term deal once his restricted free agency begins July 1, the Bulls remain confident in their plan to re-sign the All-Star.
"Our goal all along obviously is to have Jimmy here...

Leave it to Knicks President Phil Jackson to playfully tweak the NBA draft process.
"I'm here to speak about things I can't speak about," Jackson wryly told reporters in New York at his media briefing in advance of Thursday's NBA draft.
As...

It's no accident Pau Gasol's three-year contract with the Bulls — assuming he exercises his player option — expires in 2017.
Gasol's deal runs concurrent with those of Derrick Rose, Taj Gibson and Nikola Mirotic. And depending on the length of Jimmy...

The not-so-immortal John Dickson is the only previous 22nd pick in Bulls franchise history. The Arkansas State product was selected in the third round of the 1967 NBA draft but opted for the ABA, so he's merely a footnote in the Bulls' second season of...

Jimmy Butler is ready to bet on himself again if needed.
A league source confirmed a Yahoo Sports report that Butler has preliminary plans to pursue shorter-term offer sheets when restricted free agency begins July 1. Butler, who turned down a four-year,...